Press Releases - National Organization for Women

NOW to Senate: Don’t Let Us Down on Health Care Reform

Released on December 18, 2009

NOW President Terry O’Neill calls on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to refuse to make any deals to appease Ben Nelson or the Catholic Bishops or anyone else seeking to turn the health care bill into an anti-abortion vehicle.

NOW Celebrates D.C. Council Vote to Approve Same-Sex Marriage

Released on December 15, 2009

NOW commends the D.C. Council for acknowledging that the LGBT people of this city have a fundamental right to marry. Same-sex couples should not be denied the protections and benefits that opposite-sex couples have always enjoyed.

NOW Congratulates Massachusetts Primary Winner Martha Coakley, Looks Forward to Feminist Candidate Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling in January

Released on December 9, 2009

The National Organization for Women congratulates Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley for her overwhelming victory in the Democratic primary in the special election to fill the late Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat. If Coakley prevails as expected in the Jan. 19 general election, she will be the first woman senator from the state of Massachusetts, and she will double to two the number of women in the state’s current 12-member congressional delegation. The NOW Political Action Committee proudly endorsed Coakley in her run.

NOW Applauds Senate Defeat of Abortion Ban Amendment, Urges Removal of Stupak-Pitts in Conference

Released on December 8, 2009

NOW applauds the Senate for voting to table and effectively defeat the Nelson-Hatch Amendment to the health care reform bill. This victory is just one small step, however, toward enacting health care reform that recognizes health care as a human right, abortion as health care and women as deserving of coverage that meets all of their medical needs.

Senator Mikulski’s Women’s Health Amendment Is an Important Improvement to the Senate Health Care Reform Bill

Released on December 1, 2009

The National Organization for Women thanks Senator Barbara Mikulski for introducing the Women’s Health Amendment, which would require all health plans to cover women’s preventive care including mammograms and cervical cancer screenings.